title: Type A interrupted aortic arch accompanied by intracranial aneurysms causing subarachnoid hemorrhage in an adult man.
abstract: Interrupted aortic arch anomaly (IAA) characterized by complete luminal dissociation between the ascending and descending aorta and accounting for less than 1% of all cases of congenital heart disease. IAA is a rare condition in infants that occurs approximately three times per million births. It is usually diagnosed and repaired during the neonatal period and is extremely rare in adults. We present the case of an adult man who was diagnosed with IAA accompanied by intracranial aneurysms causing subarachnoid hemorrhage and demonstrate the imaging findings with 256-slice computed tomography angiography and digital subtraction angiography.
authors.affiliation: Ataturk University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Erzurum, Turkey. Electronic address: erensuat@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: Mecit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kantarci
authors.forename: Berhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pirimoglu
authors.forename: Murteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.forename: Hayri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Digital subtraction angiography; Interrupted aortic arch; Multidetector computed tomography angiography; Subarachnoid hemorrhage